20110211

... how great it is that we're getting some first and timid glimpses at the fact that winter will actually end one day and we'll spend more time outdoors. Recently I discovered this public artwork by Basim Magdy, entitled "One Day We'll Shine Like the Stars" in Vienna. And even though I'm not too fond of the idea that the institution taking care of Vienna's public art scene dedicated a parcel of land to showcasing artworks, thereby turning it into a PUBLIC ART SPACE (and sometimes bluntly exhibiting works created for galleries or museums), here we go, you never know whose mind may take a liking to art because he or she incidentally bumped into an artwork. Not too sure about Magdy's installation of a circus carriage complete with spacemen and straw, either, but then again ...